Being a parent is the most rewarding and the most difficult job in the world!  Here are some great resources to hopefully make it a bit easier.

*Some of these books are available to check out through SEEDS Parents Resource Library for more information on checking out books see the office staff

General Parenting:

• "How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and How to Listen So Kids Will Talk"
  by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
  
• "Mister Rogers Talks With Parents"
  by Fred Rogers and Barry Head
• "Children Learn What They Live: Parenting to Inspire Values"
  by Dorothy Law Nolte and Rachel Harris
• "The World According to Mister Rogers"
  by Fred Rogers

Positive Disipline for Preschoolers

• "For Their Early Years Raising Children Who Are Responsible, Respectful and Resourceful"
  By Jane Nelsen, Roslyn Duffy, Cheryl Erwin
• "Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers"
  by Bridget A. Barnes, Steven M. York, Ann, Md. Russell, Father Flanagan's Boy's Home, Steve York

Self-Esteem & Feelings

• "Raise Your Child's Self Esteem: 99 Easy Things to Do"
  by Nancy E. Krulik, Amanda Haley
• "501 Ways to Boost Your Child's Self-Esteem"
  by Robert D., Ed. D. Ramsey
• "I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem"
  by Jamie Lee Curtis
• "Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day"
  by Jamie Lee Curtis
• "Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon"
  by Patty Lovell, David Catrow
• "When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry"
  by Molly Bang
• "Sad Isn't Bad"
  by Michaelene Mundy, R.W. Alley

Divorce / Family Separation

• "My Family's Changing: A First Look at Fmily Break Up"
  by Pat Thomas, Lesley Harker
• "Dinosaurs Divorce"
  by Laurene K. Brown, Marc Tolon Brown

Death

• "What's Heaven?"
  by Maria Shriver
• "I Miss You: A First Look At Death"
  by Pat Thomas , Lesley Harker
• "Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs"
  by Tommie de Paola
  

Special Needs

• "What's Wrong With Timmy?"
  by Maria Shriver
• "Shelley, The Hyper-Active Turtle"
  by Deborah M. Moss, Carol Schwartz
• "Don't Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability"
  by Pat Thomas, Lesley Harker